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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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