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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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