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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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