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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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