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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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