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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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