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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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