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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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