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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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