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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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