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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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