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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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