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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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