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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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