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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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