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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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