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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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