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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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