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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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