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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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