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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key 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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