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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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