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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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