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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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