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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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