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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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