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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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