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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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