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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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