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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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