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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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