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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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