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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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