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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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