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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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