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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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