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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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