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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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