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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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