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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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