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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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