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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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