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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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