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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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