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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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