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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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