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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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