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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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