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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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