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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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