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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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