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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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