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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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