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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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