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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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