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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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