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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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