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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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