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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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