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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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