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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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