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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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