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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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