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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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