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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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