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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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