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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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