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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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