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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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