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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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