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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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