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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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