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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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