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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key 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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