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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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