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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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