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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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