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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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