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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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