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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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