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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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