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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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