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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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