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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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