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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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