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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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