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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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