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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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