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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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