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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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