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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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