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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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