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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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