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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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