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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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