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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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