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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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