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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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