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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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