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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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