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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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