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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. 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 mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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