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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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