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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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