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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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