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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major 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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