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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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