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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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