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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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