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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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