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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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