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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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