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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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