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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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