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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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