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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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