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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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