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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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