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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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