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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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