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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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