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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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