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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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