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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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