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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting 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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