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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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