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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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