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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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