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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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