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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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