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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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