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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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