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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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