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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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