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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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