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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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