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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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