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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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