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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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