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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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