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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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