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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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