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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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