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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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