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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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