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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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