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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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