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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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