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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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