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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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