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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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