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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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