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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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