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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates 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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