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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource 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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