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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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