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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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