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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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