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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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