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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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