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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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