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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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