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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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