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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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