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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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