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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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