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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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