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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers 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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