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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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