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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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