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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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 online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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