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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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