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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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