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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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