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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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