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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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