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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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