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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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