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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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