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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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