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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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