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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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