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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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