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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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