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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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