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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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