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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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