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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition