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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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