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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key 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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