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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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