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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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