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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the authoritative 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 dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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