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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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