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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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