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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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