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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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