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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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