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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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