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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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