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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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