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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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