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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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