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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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