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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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