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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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