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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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