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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key 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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