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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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