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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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