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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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