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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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