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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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