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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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