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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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