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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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