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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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