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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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