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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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