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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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