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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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