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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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