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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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