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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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