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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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