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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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