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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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