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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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