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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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