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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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