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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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