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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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