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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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