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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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