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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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