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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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