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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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