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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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