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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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