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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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