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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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