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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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