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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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