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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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