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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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