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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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