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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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