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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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