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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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