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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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