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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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