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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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