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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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