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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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