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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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