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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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