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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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