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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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