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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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