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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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