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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not 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 rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing 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 sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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