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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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