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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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