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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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