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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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