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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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