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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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