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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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