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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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