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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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