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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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