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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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