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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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