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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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