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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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