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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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