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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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