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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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