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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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