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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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