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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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