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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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