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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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