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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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