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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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