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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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