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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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