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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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