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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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