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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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