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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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