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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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