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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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