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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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