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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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