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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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