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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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