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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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