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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition