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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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