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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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