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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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