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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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