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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the 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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