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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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