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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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