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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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