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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important 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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