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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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