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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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