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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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