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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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