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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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