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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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