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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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