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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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