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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines 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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