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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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