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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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