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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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