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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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