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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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