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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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