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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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