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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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