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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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