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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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