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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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