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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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