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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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