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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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