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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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