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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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