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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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