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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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