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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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