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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the major 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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