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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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