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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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