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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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