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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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