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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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