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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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