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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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