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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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