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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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