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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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