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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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