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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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