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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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