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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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