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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the 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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