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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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