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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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