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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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