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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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