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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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