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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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