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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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