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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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