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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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