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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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