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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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