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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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