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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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