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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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