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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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