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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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