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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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