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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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