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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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