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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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