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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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