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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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