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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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