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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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