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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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