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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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