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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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