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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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