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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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