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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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