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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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