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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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