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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important 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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