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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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