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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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