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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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