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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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