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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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