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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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