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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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