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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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