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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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