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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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