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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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