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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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