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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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