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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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