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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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