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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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