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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major 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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