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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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