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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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