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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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