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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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