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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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