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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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