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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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