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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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