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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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