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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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