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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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