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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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