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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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