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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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