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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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