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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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