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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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