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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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