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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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