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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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