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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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