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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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