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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines 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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