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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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