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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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