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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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