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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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