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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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