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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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