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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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