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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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