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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews 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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