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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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