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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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