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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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