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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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