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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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