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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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