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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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