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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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