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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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