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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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