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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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