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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the 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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