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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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