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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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