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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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