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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition