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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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