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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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