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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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