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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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