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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the 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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