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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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