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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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