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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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