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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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