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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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