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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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