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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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