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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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