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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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