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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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