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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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