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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important 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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