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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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