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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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