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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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