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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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