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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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