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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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