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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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