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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key 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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