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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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