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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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