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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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