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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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