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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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