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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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