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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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