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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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