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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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