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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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