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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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