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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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