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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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