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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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