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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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