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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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