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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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