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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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