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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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