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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure 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 innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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