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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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