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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with 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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