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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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