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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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