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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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