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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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