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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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