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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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