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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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