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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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