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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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