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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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