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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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