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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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