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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the 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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