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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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