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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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